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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
TIE OLD HAT TRADE.
itinerant City Merchants Who buy and
Sell Secondhand uead- Gear.


Amy aud hats! Amy auld hats!"
This cry may be heard every day in
this city, and many are disposed to
pity. the ragged old merchants who
wander along giving it utterance. Yet
these itinerant haters are not so much
so be pitied after all. Many of the
old hats they carry slung in bag over
their shoulders have cost them nothing,
while the residue have been purchased
FOR pittance. There is n market for
old hats in New York. and a large
one, too. There are several wholesale
dealers in the trade whose yearly
profits make considerable figure.
'Jne Of these men has an establishment
III cellar on Fourth avenue. He NAV
be seer every day sitting on stool at
the head OF the steep steps leading 0
his store-an old man, shabby dressed.
with wrinkled leathcry features, and
thin, long, gray hair Struggling over
STOPPING shoulders.
This is pretty good stand for \
nctail business in old hats" he said Ia
= reporter, flor right yonder on the
Alalto have my customers Almost
every day a score Of busted actor, cono
here to be fitted out in a new head
gear. They usually trade off their old
hats with quarter or half thrown
au, and 1T thcm out in killing shape.
Actors are my best rctaI} patrons. ]
~ a wholesale business also, but tina,
~ mostly in trading off lot of hat.
sStl some other dealer. will buy,
eel. trade or barter with any one yho
wants TO deal with me"
What style of hat brings YOU fine
largest prolific
High silk hats are the most Jc,;r,.
bile. No matter how battered they ara
when brought here can find a place
for them"
How much do you pay for old
.latb?'
That depends upon how many
here are, and who brings them here.
would rather buy from a walk
merchant than from any one else. /
know they don't pay much and can
sell cheap An old high silk ha, i.
worm about fifteen or twenty cents,
m old derby about eight or ,ei, CENTS
and an old straw hat five cents. These
when revsmpcd. will bring u prof, o,
about 100 TO $50 per cent."-M r
M1N and Ezpress.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
FAcTs ron FARMERS.

The Dorking is the best market
and table fowl known. but is tender
when young. Crossed with the Brah'
ma, however. it has no superior.
The air is the great agent that
causes the chemical decomposition OF
soils. and 1t disintegrates and renders
soluble that plant food. II the air can
not enter the soil the substances that
should be appropriated by plants re-
main merit and but slowly perform
the work that should be done quickly.
TO give horse medicine, take .
lons-necked bottle, raise the horses
head, thrust the bottle into his mouth.
and while the liquid is running int
the throat rub the nose of the bottle
vigorously against the roof Of the
mouth, pretty well back. This done
most horses will swallow nicely.-Es.
change.
Belts that have been loosened BY
getting wet should be thoroughly
dried and fastened together by insert
ing cement into the cracks with
knife. and hammering until dry. a
good cement for this purpose is equa
proportions of good glue and Prussiar
gelatine dissolved in the same manner
rs ordinary glue. Boston Budget.
In England, barley-fed pork is
bringing from four to six cents pei
pound above the market price OF com
mon pork. 1t is claimed that it is
specially beneficial to invalids, and
physicians are prescribing it for thell
patients. Nv G. L. Hartshorn, Of
Worcester, says doctor of his ac'
quaintance prescribes pork instead OF
cod liver oil Indianapolis Journal
---Iu practice a mixed ration made
up of equal parts of straw and good
hay, with a little grain added, will be
found feed on which any animal will
thrive. If the hay be clover all the
better, as this will better meet the de-
ticicncy of the straw Fed in this
NiNs SLoNh til lIS oAiiN % NSAA 49, INV
hay. and the digesible material it con-
tans is equally valuable fodder. We
know that straw fed alone continu.
ou>ly to the same animal is of little
value.
1t is said that fowls supplied with
fine cut rowen hay never contract the
habit of pulling feathers. The hay
probably satisfies the craving for a
bulky diet that is not without reason
10 lead to feather pulling,
and also furnishes employment to the
fowls in the days of enforced idleness
1t certainly j. worth trial, especially
as i. costs next to nothing, and is
valuable addition to the diet. Clover
i an excellent egg food supplying
many of the elements which are found
in the egg ~ Y Herald
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
USES OF THE ROOF.
The Social Capabilities OF New York City's
House, Tops.

The Social Capabilities OF New York City's
House. Tops.
By slow degrees the people Of New
York are realizing the social capabili-
ties of their house-tops. In the tene-
ment-house quarters. where stress OF
climate drives the inmates to seek
every breath of air available during the
summer heats, the roof has long been
made use of. though in a rude and
primitive way, as dormitory. A few
far-sighted capitalists in erecting tall
buildings downtown have perceived
The many advantages Of the roof, and
have prepared it for enjoyment. One
heater has found its profit in putting
a garden and promenade on its upper
most story, and many private house,
owners have become familiar with the
retreat to their roofs ~ q relief from
torridity and used-up air. But no
systematic acceptation Of the house,
top as an important adjunct to comfort
has occurred, and the fact only shows
the force Of conservatism. The summer
climate Of New York is quite as
hard to bear as that of most Oriental
cities. and the custom of spending
many hours upon the house-t top has OBJ
tanned in the latter for ages. In East
crn countries nearly all sleeping is
done upon the roofs. and parts of most
evenings are spent there by the ma.
jority. At night in such towns it often
looks as though the population had re.
tired from the streets to the house-tops
bodily.
They eat and smoke and lounge and
chat there. The Weather people put
up convenient awnings with curtains
and cushions, and enjoy the cool night
braczes. The poor live quite as much
on the tops Of their houses il not with
such luxurious appointments. Withus
ono serious drawback Is that % many
Of our roofs are not adapted to such
uses. and that they are in fact built !"
closely on the model Of cold-climatc
domicilcs. In the course of time there
Is no reason to believe that some
change for the better will take place.
We have certainly ample need for III,
Oriental roof. fat and free from OBJ
s,ruclions. and it would cost no more
to build them so than in the Old-fasll-
ioncl style. BY the erection Of awn-
ings IN immense space could thus bs
utilized. and in even the hottest wealth.
or the temperature of tho housc-top
would be several degrees lower than
inside the buildings. Tho advantage
Of adopting this habit to the children
alone would be incalculable, and cspe-
;ially for the children Of the poor. who
are literally slaughtered by the sum.
n,cr heat in the drcadfully close aad
confined tenemcnt-house rooms. A
vcry little expenditure would enable
The mothers 10 use the roofs for dor.
mi,orics all through The summer. and
the custom once introduced its inhrr-
,nt benefits could be depended upon IT,
ssta blish 1t firmly. IN. X 1t,bnns.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
The Supreme Court Decides That They Car
Sell Goods Without License.

The Supreme Court Decides That They Can
Sell Goods without License.
The gentlemen of the road have
become numerous and important class
of late years. A decade or two ago
they were few and far between. Mer-
chants visited the cities and made their
own selections. The drummer would
often meet them at their respective
hotels. show them the town, and attend
to their wants at the store or ware
house,; but in latter times country ulur.
chants need not leave their stores; the
commercial traveller will fill his order
for every thing to be wanted. For a
few years back many States have en-
deavored to increase their revenues and
at The same time to protect their manu-
facturers and wholesale merchants by
imposing tax on travellers offering to
sell by sample or on delivery, who
come from other States. The amount
of the tax was very considerable, in the
form of license, in some cases fifty
dollars and in others less This tax al
most precluded the travelling drummer.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has recently made a decision that "leg-
islat,on by States or municipalities inl-
posing taxes on commercial travellers
engaged in Interstate commerce was
not warranted by the Constitution
The legislation acted on in this case
was that of Tennessee. entitled the
Robbins Case" Another case arose
in Maryland with similar results.
While some Of the States continue to
impose penalties for selling without
license as provided by the local stat
utes, the drummer will thus tH required
either to pay or appeal To the United
States Court. It's not likely that they
will continue to impose it after there
has been u decision Of the matter ia
each respective State. It would seem .
most unjust discrimination to make be-
cause of u drummer representing goods
grown or made In another State. u
the States can restrict tho passage ana
business of residents Of other States
through their respective territories II
would DO the most emphatic phase o.
the principle Of Estates rights that
has yet been promulgated. Every RESI-,
dent of the United States must be glad
that the Supreme Court has taken ttia'
very sound view of the case Let us No
n united people. and as far MS possible
destroy every barrier to Our unlty,'e'
self.interest yield to the public sood'--
Democrats Monthly.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
q REQUIRES NERVE.
A Thrilling Incident Related BY Londoe
Dealer in wild BeastA

Dealer I'm Wild beastA
Many youth makes queer resoin'
lions as 10 what he would like to be
and to do, from reading clash litera-
du,e, or from listening to rose-eoiorea
descriptions from those who know as
little as himself. because they have lm-
bibed their knowledge from the same
sources. Then. again. there are many
people who, in telling their adven'
cures. forget the real and draw on tnel1
imagination. A touch ofreality often
dissipatss these glowing visions in a
young fellows mind very quickly, as 1t
aid once in an incident related by MI.
Gross. the London dealer in wild
beasts:
received from a young Frenchman
of good family several letters IN when
he requested leave to enter inc lions
den at my receiving house in Earle
street, lie assured me that his voca'
tion was that of a lion.tamer. AND
one fine day he paid me visit
is company with three o,
his coIupatriots, whom ne had
.rouoht with him in order that they
might be witnesses Of his intrepidity'
He asked me if l could give him a
situation. and pointing to cage Ill
which there were three fine African
Hons. he entreated me to allow him to
out them through a performance.
had lust time to tell him that he might
enter At his own risk when l was
called into the office. After the lapse
OF quarter of an hour man rushea
ND TO the desk where | was writing
and exclaimed. cxcitedly, "Mr, Cross,
anc Of the lions is out
..Where2' | asked, to which he re-
piled, Loose in the building
On humying to the spot | found the
door of the den open, and the French
man inside with his back against the
wooden partition. and two of the lions
staring him in the face. while the es-
caped lion had made for the end OF the
narrow passage, where it was medi-
,atinr mischief to the other French
men. who had taken refuge on
the top Of pile of boxes, their faces
Us white as a sheet The first thing !
did was TO close the door leading to the
ward, and the next to get the amateur
lion-taner out of the den. 1t was well
for him that one of the lions had got
out Of the CAGE. because the other two
were 50 amazed at the fact that they
remained for minute or two perfectly
still. We had great difficulty in max
ing the third ion re-en'er the den, but
at last we succeeded not, however,
without some danger. After this had
been done myself went into the cage
with 10 weapon, and simply smoking
/, cigar. Ny entrance was the signal
for tremendous bounding backward
and forward on the part Of the beasts,
which were evidently not little ter
ritied al one Of their companions hav'
ing escaped As stood calmly within
She den with my eyes fixed on the ex-
cited ANIMALS, ! said; "You see there
is no art IL licn-taming, but it requires
nerve.
think the result of that afternoons
adventure quite cured the young
Frenchulaa Of his mania for being a
,ion-tamer, -Youth'S Companion.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
SOUTHERN FARMING.
How One Georgian Made 1t a Paying and
Pleasant Occupation,

When the war began Il young man
whose home was in county in middle
Georgia left the farm and marched
away with company of volunteers to
serve the Confcdcracy III Virginia. He
was among the fortunate, for he es-
capped both injury and capture. AT
the end of the war he returned to his
home to find all the negroes free and
the farm on which he was born and
reared almost an entire waste. Believ.
ing that it would be impossible to make
farming pay with free labor, he pre-.
pared himself for the bar. During the
five years following his admission he
struggled hard to make both ends
meet, sometimes barely succeeding.
In the meautme farmers and labor.
ers had become accustomed to the new
order of things, and few of the
former were making something more
than a mere living 1t happened that a
farmer whose property adjoined the
Young man farm was one Of the few.
In conversation with this farmer one
day. the young man was induced to
believe that under proper conditions
the earth might be made to Weld a
fortune. He owned nearly thousand
acres, which he had leased to negroes
during his five years struggle at the
bar. He odd all but three hundred,
hired laborcrs, obtained supplies and
went to woIk To make farming pay.
He repaired houses, rebuilt fences, saw
that his land was carefully prepared,
and personally superintendent his la.
borcrs while they were planting and
cn!tivating. At the end Of the first
year he WA, somewhat in debt, but his
farm was in fairly good order, and he
had gained experience which would be
of service to him
AT the beginning Of the second year
tho young man found that all his labor.
crs wished TO remain with him. H.
had paid them good wages and treated
them fairly. and they did not desire to
risk hirIn. 10 any body else. During
the year he made Il number Of i'm
provtmcnis ON his farm, diversified his
crops. studied farming. worked early
and late, and WAS rewarded by finding
himself free of deb, when his crops
were harvested and sold.
More than ten years have passed
s'ncc the vot'n" man began TO farm.
To-day hi, property is the most valua.
BE in hi, county. He owns GOOD
houses aud substantial barns, sleek
horses and mules, and fat cattle, owes
no man anything, and has snug
sun, invested in railroad stocks and
Georgia State bonds. He has charm.
Ing wife, who is industrious and eco.
nomcal; and that he has the respect
and confidence of the people of his
county j, aitcslcd by the fact that
they have elected him to represent
item in the General Assembly with
OF. solicitation upon his part.
This young mans success ,uggestA
a lesson to the young men who are
anxious to leave the farm. The new
order of things requires new methods.
This fact properly understood, intclli-
gen, aud unromi'ting effort will make
farming pay in Georgia AS well as II
pay, lrywherc clao. SavcEwah NtU.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
AeAolMo fos sox.


M. ~ .cosrses on -.
No. Oh o =. r. r. li.si. s.s TO- '.av
Into the five cent blood lung ing t to pitch
novelette,; not right dir. "aa thunder
. .,aev ~ We were just looking a, "v. any
respectable juvenile mao.,; anu highly
magazine that doubtless visvs good goo.
alarm. as do all the rest , Of $. with
poisonous literature Of the o ~ US, the
I'M inls story is about boy, fifteen s, stand sa
ola. who. while standing alone e4 ~ years an
fathers engine on lonely siS;, on his
,' runaway train Of cars, started :, saw sS
wind WIND; sweep past him down the ." .y, tas
Usual thing.-the lightning a grade
nearly due; the train dispatciRe,, a'm.
manages to have lightning e s'way'
about due when any thing Of th S;.p h'
happens. There is mo te,e a. .nis Kind
either;;' this is also usual; road srI v w,'s
out a wire is apt to run lightn; u with
presses and limited expresses ex-
fifteen minutes. The bow th htet!
quickly; boys Of fifteen are s, HUNKS
quick thinkers; he runs his en- o; S,"ays
on the main line, setting the s witt out
for himself, for his father has a aona ss
supper, miles away in the '' c svne 70
presumably, as it is quite cns tom.r,
for railway engineers to take oil ~
meals on distant ranches. la, sue'r
their engines in charge Of '" eh;'
dren. The runaway cars tara n s;,l-
away;" and he has "less 'n nhas
an hour to catch them. Hs
caught the runaways, which were ]v,n" 1
like the wind; he slowed up with aY'
cellent Judgment we should thiuL ' =.
-crept along the side of his fv;ng I ~. ~
CINE, got on the pilot, lifted the "cou un
ling bar with one hand'' and reac J"ls
over as he ''made the coupling and
dropped the pin in with the other:n had
a struggle with the flying cars but At
last checked them; got them started
back. he making thirty-fve miles an
hour and the Lightning" in sicht
making sixty-on road without .
wire he had ten miles to run in this
shape, but he made it, got in on the
siding, time to turn the switzerland tho
Lightning Numbered by. Then
"the boy tainted dead away" No
wonder; it was enough to make man
faint to read it; it was high time some.
body tainted. Now the question is lust
this: does the boy get any thing better
out OF such nonsense than he does ont
of "Kid, the Sleuth Hound, or The Bow
Terror of Cory Canyon" Between
ourselves and the comma we really
find 1.-The Boy Terror" quite as easy to
believe and much more interesting
reading. We haven't the least objec.
ton to fiction: we rather like it. but
great Scott, even fiction for boys should
have some sense in it. Not much, per.
haps, but just some.- Bardette, in
Br0Oklug Eaqle,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27

Claim That 1hey Aro Oofn9 0oee 0Arn
Than Mineral Drugs
Regarding the so-called purely vege
table remedies, there is . Ourioul
superstition in the lay mind that al
vegetable remedies are comparatively
harmless, while mineral substance!
are much more injurious to the human
economy. This prejudice. perhaps,
originated some fifty years ago. when
the public and the profession began t.
realize that there was too much giving
of anthony and mercury. 1t always
received moral support from the old
women. who only knew how to brew
herbs, and feared what they did moi
understand. Besides. vegetable medi.
cation belongs to the childhood OF the
human race.
The use of mineral drugs is the
result of scientific knowledge and the
general advance Of civilization. 1t
is no wonder, therefore, that it has
been regarded with suspicion by the
ignorant. But the fact is. the pre-
judice is entirely without foundation.
At the present time. a list Of
poisons used as drugs will show great
preponderance Of the vegetable king
dom. We have, for example. such uni.
versally consumed substances as
alcohol. tea. coffee and tobacco. These
purely vegetable substances" alone
do hundred fold more to poison and
deteriorate the human system than
do the whole mineral pharmacopGia.
But beside these, We have opium.
Indian hemp. and the whole seductive
list of "purely vegetable" narcotics
By far the most powerful poisons to
the system are Of purely vegetable
origin. Such, for example, is curarinc.
which produces its effects in doses of a
hundred thousandth of grain, and
strophanthim. Of which solution con-
tanning one part to ten million of wa
ter will kill the exposed heart Of a
frog. The most subtle and evasive OF
poisons is the active principle of the
purely vegetable" digitalis purpurea,
while strychnia has probably poisoned
more animals and human beings than
any drug but arsenic. Take it as
rule, therefore, the most violent poi.
sons, and the substances which pro-
duce the most deleterious effects on the
human system, are from the vegetable
The mineral drugs which may cause
harm are few in number, and. if we
except arsenic, are not especially vio-
lent poisons. There is considerable
amount of poisoning from lead, but
not through its medicinal use, and the
same may be said of the present use
mercury. In fine. it is the purely veg.
,table drugs which are the most dam
gerous, because it is these which slim
nlate the brain or benumb the senses,
induce morbid habits and eventually
establish physical degeneration. We
wish that the public could be made to
understand this when it is confronted
with alluring notices of the perfect
iarmlessness of ''purely vsgstabis"
lrugs. Medical Record
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27

Alligator hunting seems to be fine
sport in Florida. A Jacksonville
paper remarks: "A party Of alligator
hunters returned last week from lake
Hancock with l62 hides ena three
pocks OF teeth"
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27

1t is said that two electricians al,
Munich have invented an improve.
ment for the telephone by which words
and sentences can be transferred
directly to chemically prepared
paper.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27

An extraordinary sight at the SEA,
shore is presented by the girls dresscl
IN one Of the largest. most start'ihS
plaids in fashion. and driving On a hien
seat. while the young man sits humo!y
below her in modest occurrences. AS
she ilourishes the whip he is probably
blushing with timidity lest the horse
should start suddenly. Boston 'o"r'0s'
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-25
BURBANK,

L. T, GARNsEY, Room 16 Bryson Block.
a. W, KING, 113 West First Street.
II. L. MACNEIL, 16 Court Street.
e, E. HALL, Lawyer Block.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-25
a Trim IN the mines.

Ex.Recorder Charles e. Miles returned
Tuesday from mining trip to a point
about sixty miles south of the Needles.
The party left here about the LIST of
April in wagons, and struck for the
mountains. They were met at the
Needles by Colonel Dunkelberger and
other stockholders in the enterprise, and
the line of march was. taken up to the
gold bearing regions. 1t was lively
trip, and while interspersed with some
hardships, there was great deal of en-
ioyment in it.
A ten stamp mill was established, and
in three weeks a very fine gold brick was
worked out. The ledge is from ten inches
to two and half feet wide. The stock.
holders seem to think that very fine
working property has been acquired.